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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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